Indian national held with 2.1 kg gold in Jessore

Dhaka- Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested an Indian citizen along with four gold bars weighing 2.158 kg from a bus at Benapole in Sharsha upazila in Jessore on Tuesday afternoon.The arrestee is Md Ismail Sheikh, 31, son of Md Selim Sheikh hailing from Chennai of India.On secret information, a BGB team, led by Amrakhali check-post commander Nayeb Subeder M Mizanur Rahman, raided the Benapole-bound Greenline bus coming from Dhaka at Amrakhali around 1pm, said commanding officer of BGB-49 battalion Lt Col Ariful Haque.The paramilitary force members recovered the gold bullion searching the body of Ismail and detained him.Later, he was handed over to Benapole Port Police Station and a case was filed in this regard, said officer-in-charge of the police station Apurba Hasan Ahmed.UNB news agency